Researchers find microplastics on top of the world at Everest – FRANCE 24

Kathmandu (AFP)
Traces of microplastics have been found close to the top of Mount Everest, a study showed Friday, likely originating from equipment used by the hundreds of climbers who summit the world’s highest peak every year.
Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even frozen excrement have long littered the well-trodden route to the 8,848-metre (29,029-feet) high summit, earning it the name of “the highest dumpster in the world”.
But in the first study of microplastics…

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